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KIK08PK22TKU Plain language and core meanings (5 cr)

Code: KIK0805A19H-3003

General information


Enrollment

13.09.2021 - 05.10.2021

Timing

10.01.2022 - 22.04.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Turku

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

  • BA in Humanities, Interpreting in Sign Language and Alternative and Augmentative Communication

Teachers

  • Riia Lamminmäki

Scheduling groups

  • A (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • B (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • G49vip

Small groups

  • A
  • B

Objective

Students will be able to
- identify the principles of plain language and produce plain-language text
- describe things in plain language and use alternative expressions
- analyse meanings of language
- recognise surface meanings and deep meanings
- understand metaphors, figures of speech and idioms

Content

- plain-language writing
- language accessibility, introductions
- text analysis, intertextuality
- superordinate and subordinate concepts
- nuances

Evaluation scale

0-5